For her the idea that birds have come from dinosaurs is just common knowledge and there's nothing surprising in that at all."

VOA: special.2009.12.01

What makes the law surprising is that if I only gave you half the law, namely every body will remain at rest if it's not acted upon by a force, you will say, "That's fine. I accept that, because here's something, you leave it there, it doesn't move.

这条定律妙就妙在,如果只看定律的前半段,即,如果物体不受外力作用,将保持静止状态,你肯定会觉得,"这没什么,我能理解,因为你把一个物体放在那里,自己肯定不会动

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

It violates gravity, but six-month-olds aren't smart enough to know that a block just stuck over here is also surprising.

因为它违背了地心引力,但六个月大的婴儿还是不够聪明,他们没能发觉突出的木块也是令人惊奇的

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But the image is surprising because he is standing on a crowded street in New York City.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

That Joseph, a Semitic foreigner, could be elevated to an important post, the post of governor, is a little less surprising, if we suppose there was a Semitic regime.

约瑟夫，外来闪族，可能被提拨到高位，统治者的位置，这也就不那么令人惊奇了，如果我们假设当时有一个闪族王国。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

So it is not surprising that top is part of another expression that describes an important person.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

I was very young then and it is not surprising that I felt as I did.

我当时很年轻，所以毫无意外的是,我当然也自觉如此。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

So it is not surprising that Las Vegas is called The Gambling Capital of the World and The Entertainment Capital of the World.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

In fact, it's lower than the correlation of income changes, which is surprising.

事实上，比收入变化相关性还低，这很奇怪。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The flowers are mostly gone. It is not surprising that some people are sad in winter.

VOA: special.2009.01.26

If,when we interpret the claim everyone dies alone, that just ends up being a slightly pretentious way of saying everyone dies, we might say,oh yeah,that is true and it is a necessary truth, but it's not especially surprising.

如果我们对每个人都孤独而死的诠释，只是装模作样地说明人终有一死，那我们会说，这是真理，也是必要的，但并没有什么好惊奇的。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So it is not surprising that it is called The Entertainment Capital of the World.

VOA: special.2011.07.24

And in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries this progression was viewed as an advance, which is not very surprising because the whole theory was put forward by scholars who were basically western monotheists.

在十八十九世纪，这个演变,被认为是一种进步，这并不奇怪,因为整个理论基本上都是由,西方一神论者提出的。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The circus has been popular for so long that it is not surprising that words and expressions connected with it are part of everyday speech.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

And the answer of the most connected actor or actress is reasonably surprising.

而连接性最强的那个演员,真的很出乎人们的意料。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

It is impossible to imagine many of George's songs without Ira's perfectly chosen,often surprising words.

VOA: special.2009.02.08

One of the more surprising findings is-- concerns sexual orientation or "gaydar."

更为有趣的一个发现是-,关于识别性取向的，也就是”同性恋雷达“

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Mister Rehm said the high death rate is even more surprising because the large majority of adults around the world do not drink alcohol at all.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

Now this is, I think, a surprising starting point.

我觉得这是个意外的起点

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"Kepler 11 is a surprising flat and compact system of six transiting planets.

VOA: special.2011.02.09

These results are surprising and disturbing and I said there is work to be done at an individual and group level and this young man challenged me to be more explicit about that.

这些结果都出乎意料，而且让人不安,我说过个人和群体都要下功夫,这位同学要我明确地说怎样下功夫。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

So it is not surprising that Americans still use expressions about the animals.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

The answer is not particularly surprising.

答案并不意外。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

So it is not surprising that there are many expressions about cats.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

Sometimes it is surprising to learn how much oil the seeds contain.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

The other is more surprising.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

The fact that Americans would be tired of having their sons and daughters at risk and in battle is not surprising,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

Boston's always been an international city, so the excitement here about the World Cup is not surprising a Japanese student for Germany...

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

(Speaking) Zhuang says China is a huge country, so it is not surprising to see China overtaking Germany as the world's top exporter.

VOA: standard.2010.01.11

That is not surprising says Arthur Allen, the author of "Vaccine."

VOA: standard.2010.03.23